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Two flat stages and then its to the "hills".....big boy territory. Watch for Contador to close the gap, as well as Schleck. Froome will have to work for this tour. Sky will have to dig deep to keep him in yellow.

It's only fitting that I take that picture as my farewell gift from you, the perpetrator of this fine thread, as I depart. Regrettably I will be unable to participate any longer, as I am off to the wilds of Montana in search of fat, gullible, trout.
You folks have been alot of fun, keep up the good work.
See you in a few weeks.

Pretty impressive win for Cavendish and his team. I was surprised so many GC contenders got caught out. Sagan was again amazing in that he is always there at the finish. Given his good performance in the TT, could he ever contend for the yellow jersey - or will he never be a good enough high mountain climber?

But especially, bravo to Saxo Tinkoff, Belkin and Quick Step for REALLY puttin' it to 'em. That was an awesome action filled stage that looked pretty predictable on paper.

I don't dislike Froome but no one wants to see him run away with it.

I was bummed about ValVerde's bad luck. We will see how much class he has by how he races from here on. I think he'll back the little Colombian and maybe go for a stage win next week. He didn't deserve that crap.

Anything can happen in the Tour and they still have a long, long way to go, Mont Ventoux, another time trial then Alpe d'Huez twice in one day and as we saw today the most routine stage can kick someones ass.

Oh, I forgot to say I love Laurens TenDam. How about last year when he had a full beard for the tour? He knows about aerodynamics and doesn't worry about it enough to shave! I kept thinking "there's a guy that does what he wants." I'm sure the team director gave him shite about that.